Elections Canada returns show which riding associations have the most money in the bank

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Ottawa -area MP Mauril Belanger introduces a motion to debate the city\'s 50-day-old bus strike following Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Wednesday, Jan.28, 2009. Elections Canada returns show which riding associations have the most money in the bank. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

OTTAWA – A riding association with a lot of savings will have a big advantage during what is expected to be an extra-long election campaign this year. Here are the top 10 richest Liberal riding associations based on financial returns filed this month to Elections Canada:

Ottawa-Vanier (MP: Mauril Belanger): $200,561.00

Halifax West (Geoff Regan): $147,218.52

Toronto-St. Paul’s (Carolyn Bennett): $144,220.84

Vancouver Quadra (Joyce Murray): $142,214.53

Ottawa West-Nepean (No incumbent Liberal MP): $135,436.48

Waterloo (No incumbent Liberal MP): $128,995.51

Edmonton Centre (No incumbent Liberal MP): $125,849.62

Oakville (No incumbent Liberal MP): $118,253.93

Mississauga-Malton (Eve Adams*): $118,046.71

Huron-Bruce (No incumbent Liberal MP): $117,314.99

Regina-Wascana (Ralph Goodale): $116,466.44

*=Eve Adams is the incumbent MP for Mississauga-Malton, but is not the nominated the candidate in the riding.

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